I mean isn’t this effectively the problem bitcoin aimed to solve originally? Don’t get me wrong, crypto is fucked and I’m not advocating for it here per se. But a locally processed, secure, digital version of cash bypasses the need for any of this. Granted it bypasses the need for some of the most powerful institutions on the planet too, and so will never happen in a truly egalitarian sense.

Also just cause it’s bugging me, you understand that a credit card, or even a debit card or PayPal/venmo account, does not equate to ‘your money’ the way physical cash does, right?

Im not saying you shouldn’t have the right to privacy when making a purchase. But mandating the processors of that purchase ignore what that money is doing is a fools errand as that’s basically a core mechanism in their operation and generation of profit.

Can’t pull the same gag twice, surely?

Stephen King is a major player in the DNC?

They see this as a point of pride.

Was it possible to migrate your account? everything i had there is seemingly just gone forever. Part of me wishes I at least had the chance to make a dump and backup my posts and comments for storage.

lonely

I just moved over after checking in for the first time in a month or so, had no idea the shutdown was even happening. am sad.